$20.00 Argumentative essay on Green Taxes as a Solution to the Environmental Crisis (with 5 sources)
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Preview: ... in their daily activities, they will be more likely to do so. <br> Still, other sources claim that the imposition of green tax shifts does not really answer the environmental problem. According to Burke, these actions are little more than convenient and very lucrative means for politicians to show a superficial environmental perspective. While the theory of financial balance is elegant, it does not take into consideration several factors outside the question of the money involved as well as internal factors that question the feasibility of the theory in its purest sense. It reduces the solution to our environmental worries to a simple calculation of costs and distribution of expenses to those deemed responsible while breeding the idea that it is alright to pollute so long as you are able to pay for it. Burke maintains that this stand is insensitive to non-monetary costs such as quality of life. Furthermore he adds that even in the financial perspective, green taxes where they have been implemented have only little to show after decades of existence. In the European Nation alone, Burke revealed that over 150 tax measures can currently be considered environmental in nature. However among this number, less than 10% have actually been empirically tested to show whether they are realistically capable of making any significant impact on lower pollution levels. Among this number tested, only six were observed to have produced intended effects. What makes the whole matter seem even more punitive is that in three of the said six cases, the tax collected was just enough to pay for government costs in evaluating pollutant measures resulting to a zero net gain in those cases. Burke believes th ...
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